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A. TROIANO RESILTENT HEEL Original Filed April e,` 92

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Reissued Dec. 23, 1924.

UNITED STATES Re. 15,972 PATENT OFFICE' ANTONIO THJIANO, OF WASHINGTON, DISTBICT OF COLUMBIA.

nEsILmm Been Origina: ne. ,4oa,o'ro, dated March 7; 1922, Serial m. Qenan, filed April 16, 1921. Application tor reime med February 1,

Te all whom it may emer n:

Be it known that I, AN'roNo TROIANO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful improvements in Resilient Heels, of which the following is a spee'rfiestion.

The object of my present invention is the provision of a resilient heel of such con- St'uction that the nail holes in the heel will be automatically closed after the driving of the atteching nails so as to exclude from within the heel dust, dirt and the like; the said Construction also being of such character as to contribute to the neat fit of the resilient heel to the leathe r heel lifts.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the inveation consists in the improvement as heeinafter described and definitely claimed.

!n the accompanying drawings, :forming part ai this specification 1 is a tap plan view showing a resi hent heel made in eccordance with my invention.

Figura 1" is a front edge elevetion of the sam F' re 2 is an inverted plan view of the said 1.

Fi m 3 is a view showing the esilient 'heel n cmss section as properly arranged relative@ to a leather heel and precedent to the attachment of the resilient heel to the lether heel.

re 4 is a similar view showing the 'reient heel attached to the leather heel li Figures 5 and 6 are views-of a straight or flat resilicnt heel censtructed in accordance with my investim.

Fi re 7 is a to plan view of another mod ed resil'ient cel constructed in accordance with my invention.

Singular numerals desi'gnate corresponding parte in Figures 1 to 4 to which refer- 'enea will first be made.

` At its erside my nove] resilient heel is characterzed by a central ortion 2, and a'marginal incline 3, the said incline 3 being made *comparatively long and more gradual at its forward ends 4, Figures 1 and 1' so that when the resilient heel is pressed against the underside of a heel lift the upper forward corner 5 of the resilient heel will be crowded or fitted tightly against the underside of the heel lift with a View to 1923. serial Ne. 616374.

averting the entrance of dust between the resilient heel and the opposed leather lift. It will also be understood by comparison of Figures 1 and 3 that the upper side of the resilient heel 1 is generally concave, and is' provided with a plurality of recesses 6 in the bottoms of which are narrow radical grooves 7. At the underside of the resilient heel 1 which underside is generally convex are provided protuberances 8. The said proturbances 8 are coincident with the recesses 6, Figures 2, 3 and 4, and it will also be noted that the protuberances 8 are of less diameter than the rec'esses 8. Extending upwardly from the undersides of the protuberances 8 and centrally thereof are nail holes 9 which are coincident with apertures in metallic reinforcing or anchor plates 10 that are embedded in the heel 1.

In applying my novel resilient heel to a leatheheel indicated by 11, nails 12 are driven through the apertures 9 to the position shown in F igure 4, with the result that the protuberances 8 will be contracted and the outer ends of the apertures 9 will be closed so as to efi'ectively prevent the entrance of dust, dirt and grit into the heel, and so that after application the underside of the resilient heel will be practically imperfo-ate and therefore calculated to last longer than those resilient heels that are apertured at their undersdes. It will be understood in this connection that the nailing of the resilient heel l to the leather heel 11 will be attended by the straightening of the resilie'nt heel as shown in Figure 4 so that the edges of the resilient heel and leather heel will be flush and a finished job produced. It will also be understood that when the recesses 6 are crowded against the underside of the leather heel 11 the said recesses will give rise to a suction action which will have the efl'ect of holding the resilient heel snug against the underside of the leather heel 11 with the result that the 100 tion. At this time the proturbances 8, ac- 105 cording to the size thereof, will either be flush with the under surface of the heel or else will project but a slight distance from said surface.

As clearly shown in Figures 1 and 2, the 110 centers of the outer recesses 6 and consequently the outer protuberance nail-holes 9, coincident with said Centers, intersect or register with the division line between the central depressed portion 2 and the marginal incline 3 at the upper side of the heel. This relative arrangement is practically advantageous inasmuch as it assures the tight opposition of the upper side of the resilient heel to the underside of a leather heel lift when the protuberances are flattened out by the driving home of nails through the protuberanees, and in that way contributes to the neat fit of the resilient heel to the leather heel lifts. a

The nail holes of the protuberances arranged in a U-shaped series, are disposed in coincidence with the U-shaped line between the portions 2 and 3 at the upper side of the heel. Because of this relative arrangement free flattening and tight fit of the upper side of the resilient heel against a leather lift is assured as is also free flattening of the protuberances and closure of the holes at the underside of the resilient heel when the nails are driven home as appears in Figure 4.

The resilient heel 1 as shown in Figures 5 and 6 is similar to the construction shown in Figures 1 to 4 with the exception that the resilient heel 1 is a straight or flat heel having normally straight or flat lower and upper sides.

,In Figure 7, I illustrate the upper side of a concavo-convex resilient heel 1 which lacks the protuberances 8 and recesses 6, but is provided at its upper side with a central portion 2, a marginal inclined portion 3 and comparatively long and more gradual inclinations 4 at the forward ends of the incli'nation 3, so that when the said heel is applied to a leatherheel the upper forward corner 5 thereof will be enabled to tightly fit throughout its length against the leather heel with a view to efl'ectively excluding dust and dirt from between the resilient heel and the leather heel.

Notwthstanding the advantages and features hereinbefore ascribed to my novel resilient heel, it will be manifest that the heel is susce tible of being inexpensively produced w en made in large quantities.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A resilient heel having recesses in its upper side and coincident protuberances at its underside and also having nail holes extending upwardly through the protuberances and so constructed and arranged that when the protuberances are fiattened by the driving home of nails the said holes will be closed.

2. A resilient heel convex at its underside and characterized at its upper side by a central substantally-flat and depressed portion and a U-shaped marginal incline, whereby said upper side is hollow throughout its area and said hollow is open throughout the length of the forward end of the heel; said heel having at its underside spaoed protuberances arranged in a U- shaped series and also having nail holes extending upwardly through the Centers of the spaced protuberances and so constructed and arranged that when the protuberances are flattened by the driving home of nails the said holes will be closed, said nail holes being in coincidence with the line between said central substantially-fiat and depressed portion and said U-shaped marginal incline.

3. A resilient heel oonveX at its underside and characterized at its upper side by a central substantially-flat and depressed portion and a U-shaped marginal incline, whereby said upper side is hollow throughout its area and said hollow is open throughout the length ofthe forward end of the heel;

said heel having at its underside spaced proa tuberances arrange in a U-shaped series and also having nail holes extending upwardly through the centers of the spaced protuberances and so construeted and arranged that when the protuberances are flattened by the driving home of nails the said holes will be closed, said nail holes being in coincidence with the line between said central substantially-fiat and depressed portion and said U-shaped marginal incline; and said heel.

also having in its upper side recesses coincident with the protub`erances at the underside of the heel.

4. A resilient heel convexed at its underside and having at its upper side a central a ANTONIO TROIA'NO. 11. 3. 

